Thursday, August 24, 2006

Yes, this is the Merlot that made me fall off the wagon after my crazy weekend of yarn excess. What you see in the wine rack is 880 yards of Peruvian laceweight wool, hand-dyed by the ever talented Christine. I'd had my eye on it since she opened Fingerpaints, and planned to order it once I had finished knitting my Kiri shawl. Well, Kiri didn't work out so well, but I'm not letting that discourage me. I'm sure I can conquer lace knitting, and decided I'd better snap the beauty up before someone else did!!

What you see on the right are two skeins of sock yarn, also dyed by Christine. I wanted to order a skein as a prize, but she kindly donated it to my cause. (Details on this soon!!) And the other skein . . . well, I feared Chester dug it out of his crate and snuck it into my envelope. But really, his sweet mom sent it along for me. I think it may be time to cast on a new pair of socks!! Don't forget to grab a skein for yourself. Trust me, you won't be sorry!!

As for me, it's time to reform. Not another drop of fiber . . . . well, we'll see!!

Oh gosh, the goodies! This Peruvian wool does indeed look like a great Merlot - it might not taste as good, but if I imagine how it must feel to the skin, then I'm drooling all over here! I'm so curious to see it knitted up!